His build doesn't work the way he wants it to. Not sure why he didn't understand the mechanics, but whatever.

Shock: 276ms per 1% max life dealt as lightning

Level 16 Added Lightning. 4–74 Damage

His crit rate is 365% increased through talents. This gives him a 27.9% chance to crit with Freezing pulse.

His crit multiplier is 250%.

His maximum lightning damage is 185 with a critical strike, not enough to trigger a 276ms shock on most non-trash merciless monsters. This is all ignoring GMP's decrease in lightning damage as well as the average damage done by lightning. It is possible to critically hit, and have ZERO shock stacks placed on the enemy because of low lightning roll.

Static blows will NEVER trigger. If his lightning damage was sufficient to even proc the minimum shock duration, it would allow all 5 projectiles to critically hit, and place 3 shock stacks, but by the time he casts another one, the shock stacks would be gone, negating any benefit he thinks he would get. It's possible that it would increase the damage from the SAME freezing pulse ( IE, Projectile 1 Shock stacks, Project 2 does more damage ), and that would increase the damage of FP greatly, however, Static blows is wasted points in this situation as the chance to get shock stacks is significantly lower.

His build doesn't work the way he wants it to. Not sure why he didn't understand the mechanics, but whatever.

Shock: 276ms per 1% max life dealt as lightning

Level 16 Added Lightning. 4–74 Damage

His crit rate is 365% increased through talents. This gives him a 27.9% chance to crit with Freezing pulse.

His crit multiplier is 250%.

His maximum lightning damage is 185 with a critical strike, not enough to trigger a 276ms shock on most non-trash merciless monsters. This is all ignoring GMP's decrease in lightning damage as well as the average damage done by lightning. It is possible to critically hit, and have ZERO shock stacks placed on the enemy because of low lightning roll.

Static blows will NEVER trigger. If his lightning damage was sufficient to even proc the minimum shock duration, it would allow all 5 projectiles to critically hit, and place 3 shock stacks, but by the time he casts another one, the shock stacks would be gone, negating any benefit he thinks he would get. It's possible that it would increase the damage from the SAME freezing pulse ( IE, Projectile 1 Shock stacks, Project 2 does more damage ), and that would increase the damage of FP greatly, however, Static blows is wasted points in this situation as the chance to get shock stacks is significantly lower.

I don't know what his build is doing.

Yeah, that was my issue from the start, but all he is going to have to do is drop static blows and the added lightning support. It wasn't core to the build, just a goofy addon. Nothing wrong with straight up tanky FP.

His build doesn't work the way he wants it to. Not sure why he didn't understand the mechanics, but whatever.

Shock: 276ms per 1% max life dealt as lightning

Level 16 Added Lightning. 4–74 Damage

His crit rate is 365% increased through talents. This gives him a 27.9% chance to crit with Freezing pulse.

His crit multiplier is 250%.

His maximum lightning damage is 185 with a critical strike, not enough to trigger a 276ms shock on most non-trash merciless monsters. This is all ignoring GMP's decrease in lightning damage as well as the average damage done by lightning. It is possible to critically hit, and have ZERO shock stacks placed on the enemy because of low lightning roll.

Static blows will NEVER trigger. If his lightning damage was sufficient to even proc the minimum shock duration, it would allow all 5 projectiles to critically hit, and place 3 shock stacks, but by the time he casts another one, the shock stacks would be gone, negating any benefit he thinks he would get. It's possible that it would increase the damage from the SAME freezing pulse ( IE, Projectile 1 Shock stacks, Project 2 does more damage ), and that would increase the damage of FP greatly, however, Static blows is wasted points in this situation as the chance to get shock stacks is significantly lower.

I don't know what his build is doing.

Excuse my ignorance, but what do you mean with this part: "Static blows is wasted points in this situation as the chance to get shock stacks is significantly lower."? Static blows 20% added shock chance lowers the likelihood to trigger actual shock stacks?